She charged $0 before she charged $3,000


I saw a post on Threads last night.

From a lady who's built a $2 million dollar brand.

She shared how much work it takes.

She shared how she started...

Giving free sessions for months on end. And no, not discovery calls. Full 60 min sessions until I worked up the courage to charge $75/hour. Then $100. Then $250. Then $3,000 for 3 months. Then did a ton live launches. Multiple times a month. Challenges. Webinars. Mini minds. 5 day immersive trainings. You name it. Done it.

This is what it takes.

It ain't s3xy, but this post of hers is worth more than some of the $1,000 courses I've bought.

Here's what all those free 60 minute sessions were doing....

Creating demand.

Online business is just supply & demand, a universal law.

If you're not generating the sales you desire...

Your audience isn't demanding what you're supplying.

You don't have a supply problem.

You have a demand problem.

Here's how you fix it:

  • Offer free calls/strategy sessions. You might have to ask 25 people before one says yes.
  • Livestreams. Don't be alarmed when 1-2 people show up to the first 25 of them.
  • Free workshops. You might be 1-2 people to show up to the first 10. Or 20.
  • Answer questions on social (like 100s of them). This is what i did on Threads. I spent 2-4 hours every single day answering questions. Never pitching anything, or asking people to slide into my DMs.

It ain't s3xy.

When I jumped on Threads, that was never my strategy, or plan. it just kinda happened. 3 weeks of answering 100s of questions led to $14,305 in the first 31 days after launching Threads Unleashed.

The last day I drove Uber was June 30th.

I launched Threads Unleashed the following day (July 1st).

I built up so much demand that I had 100+ people buy Threads Unleashed and I hadn't written a single word! It was a presale for $10.

The level of entitlement most have online is disgusting. Bitching & whining "it ain't working" after 3 weeks.

It's gonna take 10x longer than what the Greedy Gurus sell you, maybe more.

Jump on 50 free strategy session calls and tell me your life doesn't forever change.

Commit to doing 100 livestreams and watch how fast you have people beating down your door to give you money.

This takes WORK.

I ain't gonna sugarcoat it.

Do some get lucky?

Sure. Good looks and charisma are cheat codes to building a personal brand. Some are blessed with one or both, but for people like me, it takes work.

YOU GOT THIS 🙌

In your corner,
Adam

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